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Achieve Precise Measurements for Ultrasound-Guided Pulsed Field Ablation

Engineers developing pulsed field ablation (PFA) and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) systems work with highly demanding specifications. They need platforms that deliver microsecond-scale pulses, support RF waveform generation and acquisition for ultrasound, and handle electrical and mechanical measurements. Across design, verification, and production, teams must precisely characterize pulses, confirm catheter integrity, validate subsystem interaction, and meet strict regulatory requirements.

 

 

  • Characterizing fast-rise electrical pulses with microsecond accuracy and RF measurements to verify ultrasound signal integrity 

  • Verifying catheter durability, electrical isolation, and mechanical performance

  • Integration testing of generator, catheter, and mapping subsystems

  • Maintaining traceability and automated reporting for regulatory compliance

  • Scaling test coverage across multiple PFA and thermal ablation product lines 

PFA System Development and Production Test Solution

  • High-speed PXI digitizers capture PFA pulse waveforms with microsecond resolution, enabling accurate amplitude, timing, and pulse-train verification.

  • Isolated SMUs and high-precision DMMs support electrical isolation checks, board level design verification, and PCBA functional testing

  • RF signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and switches for ultrasound Tx and Rx testing 

  • NI CompactRIO and CompactDAQ hardware emulate patient impedance and test control software, as well as perform catheter lifecycle testing

  • NI LabVIEW, NI TestStand, and NI InstrumentStudio software to automate sequencing, data logging, and report generation, providing traceability aligned with regulatory requirements

Solution Advantages

  • Enables synchronized, high-speed measurements for accurate PFA pulse characterization

  • Supports automated, repeatable workflows for design, validation, and production testing

  • Accelerates regulatory documentation with integrated traceability and reporting

  • Scales across ultrasound imaging, PFA, RF, and cryoablation platforms using a single modular architecture

  • Reduces development time through reusable software, automation, and hardware abstraction

BUILD YOUR SOLUTION WITH THE NI ECOSYSTEM

NI offers a variety of solution integration options customized to your application-specific requirements. You can use your own internal integration teams for full system control or leverage the expertise of NI and our worldwide NI Partner Network to obtain a turnkey solution.

NI Partner Network

The NI Partner Network is a global community of domain, application, and overall test development experts working closely with NI to meet the needs of the engineering community. NI Partners are trusted solution providers, systems integrators, consultants, product developers, and services and sales channel experts skilled across a wide range of industries and application areas.

Services and Support

NI works with customers throughout the life of an application, delivering training, technical support, consultation and integration services, and maintenance programs. Teams can discover new skills by participating in NI-specific and geographic user groups and build proficiency with online and in-person training.

An NI Partner is a business entity independent from NI and has no agency or joint-venture relationship and does not form part of any business associations with NI.